The wheel of fun (AKA time to buy my son new shorts!)
Isn’t it amazing how the simplest things can catch your imagination?Especially when you are a kid… … While SSB was busy chainsawing a log off a fence at the hayshed the other day, our offspring decided to amuse themselves in…
Steamin’ in the mornin’
This is Trooper. He is a gorgeous, tall, handsome devil. (He’s the one on the right.) He is very clever – an ambidextrous horse (I’ll explain that one later). He is a red-head (chestnut in the horse world) and built…
Wedding weekend: all in the details
I went to a wedding this week. It was wonderful… filled with love and laughter and tears of joy and relief. Mostly my tears, I might add. And my relief. As the speeches began marking the end of my designated…
On the road again…
Hello… and goodbye. … No, I’m not going for good. Just for a couple of days. Me and my crew, hitting the highway north. Recently I drove to our nearest city, some five hours away from Granite Glen. To the…
Another career, another life…
In a previous life, about a million light years ago, I was a journalist. A photojournalist. It’s something you should know, as I will probably name-drop a little in this blog. It’s one of the benefits (or drawbacks, depending on…
Ploughing to the horizon
We have gorgeous sunsets out here. They don’t last long – the sun literally plunges from the sky. But for a few moments, minutes if you are lucky, Mother Nature lets it rip. I should have been cooking dinner for…